diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index a492bcd50a..eac9635bd1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ def formats_with_html_fallback
   end
 
   def render_403(_exception)
+    byebug
     if current_user
       render "errors/forbidden", status: 403, layout: "application", formats: formats_with_html_fallback
     else
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index f71f33b27a..07d24f26cb 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 require "rails/all"
 require "will_paginate/array"
 require "active_storage/engine"
+require_relative "../lib/middlewares/sanitize_headers_middleware"
 
 # Require the gems listed in Gemfile, including any gems
 # you've limited to :test, :development, or :production.
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
     # config.autoload_paths += Dir["#{config.root}/lib"]
     # config.eager_load_paths += Dir["#{config.root}/lib"]
 
+    config.autoload_paths << Rails.root.join("lib/middlewares")
+    config.eager_load_paths << Rails.root.join("lib/middlewares")
+
     config.autoload_paths += Dir["#{config.root}/app/models/external_services"]
     config.eager_load_paths += Dir["#{config.root}/app/models/external_services"]
 
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
 
     # Prevent invalid (usually malicious) URLs from causing exceptions/issues
     config.middleware.insert 0, Rack::UTF8Sanitizer
+    config.middleware.insert_before Rack::UTF8Sanitizer, SanitizeHeadersMiddleware
 
     config.exceptions_app = self.routes
 
diff --git a/lib/middlewares/sanitize_headers_middleware.rb b/lib/middlewares/sanitize_headers_middleware.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fceae1c5b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/middlewares/sanitize_headers_middleware.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class SanitizeHeadersMiddleware
+  def initialize(app)
+    @app = app
+  end
+
+  def call(env)
+    env["HTTP_ACCEPT"] = "*/*" if env["HTTP_ACCEPT"] =~ /(\.\.|{|})/
+
+    @app.call(env)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/middlewares/sanitize_headers_middleware_spec.rb b/spec/middlewares/sanitize_headers_middleware_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..700f424d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/middlewares/sanitize_headers_middleware_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require "rack/mock"
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe SanitizeHeadersMiddleware do
+  let(:app) { ->(env) { [200, env, "OK"] } }
+  let(:middleware) { described_class.new(app) }
+
+  it "sanitizes invalid HTTP_ACCEPT headers" do
+    env = Rack::MockRequest.env_for("/", "HTTP_ACCEPT" => "../../../../../etc/passwd{{")
+    status, headers, _body = middleware.call(env)
+    expect(env["HTTP_ACCEPT"]).to eq("*/*")
+    expect(status).to eq(200)
+  end
+
+  it "allows valid HTTP_ACCEPT headers" do
+    env = Rack::MockRequest.env_for("/", "HTTP_ACCEPT" => "text/html,application/json")
+    status, headers, _body = middleware.call(env)
+    expect(env["HTTP_ACCEPT"]).to eq("text/html,application/json")
+    expect(status).to eq(200)
+  end
+end